Phillip riley



(N6 Model.)

. P. RILEY, Sr.

PENGE POST.

No. 272,157. Patented FeB. 13,18 83. I

UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

PHILLIP RILEY, SR, OF

MARION, IOWA, ASSIGNOR on ONE-HALF TO PARK DISBROW, OF SAME PLACE.

'FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 272,157, dated February13, 1883. Application filed June 1, 18 82. (No model.)

hereby declare thef'ollowing to be a full, clear,

and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain improvements in fence-posts made ofconcrete ogplas tic material, intended more especially for sections ofthe western country where timber is I5 scarce, and freight for shippinglumber and metal is high.

The object of the present invention is to produce a cheap, durable, anduseful fencepost, made of plastic material and strengthened by embeddedlongitudinal metallic rods with their ends projecting, and provided withtransverse metallic means for securingthe wire strands or panels readilyand securely.

In the annexed drawings, Figure lrepre- 2 5 sents aperspective view ofthe post and cap,

and Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view, showing the relative positionof the metallic rods embedded in the post.

In the manufacture of my improved fence- 0 post a mold or flask of aproper length for the intended post is employed, and, the mold beingproperly fashioned for the design of the post, a number of wrought-ironrods extending in the direction of the length of the mold ,5 arearranged at proper distance apart, so as to be embedded in the materialand form the connecting-ties to hold the material together at allpoints; also, the transverse metallic loops for the wire strands orpanels are properly arranged and set in the mold. The plasticmaterialpotters clay and cement, or any other suitable materialis placedby suitable means into the formed mold, so as to surround the metallicrods, except their ends for a short distance, and around the loops,except at the ends, and the mold filled, after which the mold may besubjected to pressure for compressing the plastic material, or thematerial may remain in the mold until it becomes solidified andhardened, when it (the formed post) is reso moved.

The letter A represents the molded fencepost, with the embedded metalrods B extending the whole length of the post and project- 'ing abovethe upper end thereof for the pur- 5 pose of affording means by whichthe cap or covering B is attached, and also projecting below the lowerend, as shown. These lower projecting ends, I), of the rods B serve asmeans for entering the soil and sustaining the post ina verticalposition during the operation of filling in the earth around the post.

The letter 0 represents themeans for securing fence boards, rails, orwire. These attachments extend transversely through the post, 6 beingset at the time of molding, and are further secured by a nut on the end,which also serve as means for drawing'the loop tightly down on the wirestrand, board, or rail. f It is obvious that the post may be made of anyexterior shape-round, or square, or quarterfoil-and that the number ofstrengthenin g-rods may be varied in number-according to the desire ofthe user and to meet the strain likely to be put on the post.

The advantages of constructing a fence-post as herein stated are that itmay be made in one piece of anydesired sizein length,breadth, orthickness; and strengthened to meet the requirements; that the moldedmaterial, being held rigidly by the metallic rods, is less likely tocrack and break; and that, should the'molded material become fractured,yet the post remain strong and serviceable by reason of the metallicrods, and the fence still sustained in 8 position, and that by reason ofthe lower prgjecting ends of the rods, adapted to engage with the soiland be sustained vertically, a

person to hold the post in a vertical position during. the operation offilling in is not absoo lutely necessary.

I am aware that it is not broadly new to make afence-post of concretewith an iron rod embedded therein, and transverse branch rods forconnecting panels thereto, as seen in LetconnectionO, likewise embeddedinthe plastic ters Patent No. 228,037, granted to A. Olimie, materialand between the longitudinal rods May 25, 1880; but and the plasticmaterial cap fitting over the What I claim as my invention, and desireextensions of the rods, as shown. 5 to secure by Letters Patent, is- Intestimony whereofIaffix my signature in 15 The herein-describedfence-post, consisting presence of two witnesses. of the plastic bodywith several longitudinal PHILLIP RILEY, SR. rods B embedded in theplastic material and \Vitnesses: extending above and below the ends ofthe I. N. WHITTAM,

10 plastic body, the independent transverse loop- BENJ. DAVENPORT.

